Generation Anxietyhttps://generationanxiety.com
A podcast about why millennials are so anxious, and how we can work together to solve itSun, 22 Oct 2017 21:00:16 +0000enhourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.9https://i2.wp.com/generationanxiety.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-generation-anxiety-browser-logo.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1Generation Anxietyhttps://generationanxiety.com
3232Generation Y is the most anxious generation in history. With so many of us feeling constantly stressed, we believe that anxiety isn’t just a medical problem to be treated like a bacterial infection, but as a sign that something is deeply wrong with our society. ||| Part news, part analysis and part group counselling session to help our generation get out of bed in the morning. Generation Anxiety explores the social conditions that are making us stressed, and asks how can we work together to solve them.Generation AnxietyyesGeneration Anxietyhello@generationanxiety.comhello@generationanxiety.com (Generation Anxiety)Generation AnxietyWhy are millennials so anxious, and how can we work together to solve it?Generation Anxietyhttp://generationanxiety.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/generation-anxiety-cover.jpghttps://generationanxiety.com
hello@generationanxiety.comYes13617450412. If You Can’t Pee There, You Can’t Be Therehttps://generationanxiety.com/12-if-you-cant-pee-there-you-cant-be-there/
Sun, 22 Oct 2017 21:00:16 +0000http://generationanxiety.com/?p=153https://generationanxiety.com/12-if-you-cant-pee-there-you-cant-be-there/#respondhttps://generationanxiety.com/12-if-you-cant-pee-there-you-cant-be-there/feed/0Living while millennial is hard at the best of times - but imagine if you had an impairment that stopped you participating in ordinary life. This episode we speak to Sara Gingold, disability activist and consult, about the experience of young people living with a disability in a country that doesn’t cater for their needs and sometimes doesn’t even believe in their disability.Living while millennial is hard at the best of times – but imagine if you had an impairment that stopped you participating in ordinary life. This episode we speak to Sara Gingold, disability activist and consult, about the experience of young people living with a disability in a country that doesn’t cater for their needs and sometimes doesn’t even believe in their disability.

Sara describes her own experience of managing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) sometimes known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). We talk about the systems that are set up to help people live the lives they want to live, like the NDIS and disability support pension, whether they work for young people, why everyone deserves a seat on the train and the terrible scourge on society that is staircases.

To find out more about ME/ CFS or to support people managing the condition visit Emerge.

]]>Living while millennial is hard at the best of times - but imagine if you had an impairment that stopped you participating in ordinary life. This episode we speak to Sara Gingold, disability activist and consult,Living while millennial is hard at the best of times - but imagine if you had an impairment that stopped you participating in ordinary life. This episode we speak to Sara Gingold, disability activist and consult, about the experience of young people living with a disability in a country that doesn’t cater for their needs and sometimes doesn’t even believe in their disability.Generation Anxietyyes34:4215311. The Big Gay Episodehttps://generationanxiety.com/11-the-big-gay-episode/
Sun, 08 Oct 2017 21:00:08 +0000http://generationanxiety.com/?p=146https://generationanxiety.com/11-the-big-gay-episode/#respondhttps://generationanxiety.com/11-the-big-gay-episode/feed/0Friend of the pod, Simon Copland rejoins us to talk identity politics, queer spaces, and what a powerful, unbridled campaign for equal love can do to quash homophobia and enhance the rights of everyone in the LGBTIQA+ community.Alright, let’s talk about this bloody postal survey then. Love is love, but politics is politics and right now queer love is being voted on by all Australians who know how to use a mail box. This whole crazy situation has the potential to have a serious impact on the mental health of queer young people.

Friend of the pod, Simon Copland rejoins us to talk identity politics, queer spaces, and what a powerful, unbridled campaign for equal love can do to quash homophobia and enhance the rights of everyone in the LGBTIQA+ community.

We send this podcast out with a strong YES and all the love with have to give to our queer friends and their allies.

Song in the outro is “You Don’t Think You Like People Like Me” by Alex Lahey. You can listen to the full song on Unearthed. Her awesome debut album was released last week and you can find out more about that at alexlahey.com.au.

]]>Friend of the pod, Simon Copland rejoins us to talk identity politics, queer spaces, and what a powerful, unbridled campaign for equal love can do to quash homophobia and enhance the rights of everyone in the LGBTIQA+ community.Friend of the pod, Simon Copland rejoins us to talk identity politics, queer spaces, and what a powerful, unbridled campaign for equal love can do to quash homophobia and enhance the rights of everyone in the LGBTIQA+ community.Generation Anxietyyes1:04:2814610. Actual, Real, Goddamn Nazishttps://generationanxiety.com/10-actual-nazis/
Sun, 24 Sep 2017 23:41:20 +0000http://generationanxiety.com/?p=135https://generationanxiety.com/10-actual-nazis/#respondhttps://generationanxiety.com/10-actual-nazis/feed/0The election of Donald Trump and the sudden prominence of white nationalists organising in the streets has caught many people by surprise. But for people of colour, racism has been a part of their daily experience of the world their entire lives.The election of Donald Trump and the sudden prominence of white nationalists organising in the streets has caught many people by surprise. But for people of colour, racism has been a part of their daily experience of the world their entire lives.

In the week after the events in Charlottesville where an anti-racisim protester was killed by a white supremacist, and Pauline Hanson wore a burqa in Parliament to speak against Muslim immigration to Australia, we spoke to Tim Lo Surdo and Ngaire Sidhu from Democracy In Colour, a new organisation run by people of colour to tackle structural racism in Australia, to talk about what this volatile political moment means for people of colour and how growing up under structural racism impacts their mental health.

]]>The election of Donald Trump and the sudden prominence of white nationalists organising in the streets has caught many people by surprise. But for people of colour, racism has been a part of their daily experience of the world their entire lives.The election of Donald Trump and the sudden prominence of white nationalists organising in the streets has caught many people by surprise. But for people of colour, racism has been a part of their daily experience of the world their entire lives.Generation Anxietyyes37:331359. What We’ve Learned So Farhttps://generationanxiety.com/9-what-weve-learned-so-far/
Sun, 18 Jun 2017 11:22:18 +0000http://generationanxiety.com/?p=127https://generationanxiety.com/9-what-weve-learned-so-far/#respondhttps://generationanxiety.com/9-what-weve-learned-so-far/feed/0We're halfway through this 2017 nightmare so we're looking back at what we've learned so far, examining a few more issues of anxiety that have arisen for young people, like "attacks" on free speech and a moment of hope thanks to our best boy's UK Election result.We’re halfway through this 2017 nightmare so we’re looking back at what we’ve learned so far, examining a few more issues of anxiety that have arisen for young people, like “attacks” on free speech and a moment of hope thanks to our best boy’s UK Election result.

We’re opening up our anxious chats to the community, so if any aspect of modern young life is keeping you up at night, we want to hear about it. You can join us on our subreddit r/generationanxiety or you can join our Facebook Discussion Group.

]]>We're halfway through this 2017 nightmare so we're looking back at what we've learned so far, examining a few more issues of anxiety that have arisen for young people, like "attacks" on free speech and a moment of hope thanks to our best boy's UK Elect...We're halfway through this 2017 nightmare so we're looking back at what we've learned so far, examining a few more issues of anxiety that have arisen for young people, like "attacks" on free speech and a moment of hope thanks to our best boy's UK Election result.Generation Anxietyyes37:141278. Reclaim Your Brain From Advertisinghttps://generationanxiety.com/8-reclaim-your-brain-from-advertising/
Tue, 30 May 2017 21:00:20 +0000http://generationanxiety.com/?p=122https://generationanxiety.com/8-reclaim-your-brain-from-advertising/#respondhttps://generationanxiety.com/8-reclaim-your-brain-from-advertising/feed/0Ads are a ubiquitous part of the world we've grown up in: they peer at us from billboards, sit next to us on the train and obnoxiously clog up our news feeds. No matter where you look there are ads and it's only getting worse. You probably find ads annoying, but have you ever stopped to ask what impact all that advertising might be having on your brain? Because it turns out it's probably not good for you.Ads are a ubiquitous part of the world we’ve grown up in: they peer at us from billboards, sit next to us on the train and obnoxiously clog up our news feeds. No matter where you look there are ads and it’s only getting worse. You probably find ads annoying, but have you ever stopped to ask what impact all that advertising might be having on your brain? Because it turns out it’s probably not good for you.

In this episode we speak to Tim Hollo from The Green Institute to find out why advertising makes us feel bad and what we can do to reclaim our brains.

Further reading

]]>Ads are a ubiquitous part of the world we've grown up in: they peer at us from billboards, sit next to us on the train and obnoxiously clog up our news feeds. No matter where you look there are ads and it's only getting worse.Ads are a ubiquitous part of the world we've grown up in: they peer at us from billboards, sit next to us on the train and obnoxiously clog up our news feeds. No matter where you look there are ads and it's only getting worse. You probably find ads annoying, but have you ever stopped to ask what impact all that advertising might be having on your brain? Because it turns out it's probably not good for you.Generation Anxietyyes36:481227. So You’ve Inherited The Apocalypsehttps://generationanxiety.com/7-climate-change/
Tue, 16 May 2017 21:00:38 +0000http://generationanxiety.com/?p=111https://generationanxiety.com/7-climate-change/#respondhttps://generationanxiety.com/7-climate-change/feed/0Are you anxious because you feel like the world is ending? Well the good news you aren't crazy and it definitely is. In fact scientists confirm that all the predictions of a fiery climate change apocalypse are being realised promptly ahead of schedule! And you can thank the fossil fuel industry and years of political inaction for that one. But there is hope. Cop a listen to find out how we can burn down the system and save our future.Are you anxious because you feel like the world is ending? Well the good news you aren’t crazy and it definitely is. In fact scientists confirm that all the predictions of a fiery climate change apocalypse are being realised promptly ahead of schedule! And you can thank the fossil fuel industry and years of political inaction for that one.

This week co-hosts James and Cat both reveal that thinking about the climate apocalypse is their day job and we all get our climate nerd on and talk about what it will actually take to slow down global warming and safeguard our future.

]]>Are you anxious because you feel like the world is ending? Well the good news you aren't crazy and it definitely is. In fact scientists confirm that all the predictions of a fiery climate change apocalypse are being realised promptly ahead of schedule!...Are you anxious because you feel like the world is ending? Well the good news you aren't crazy and it definitely is. In fact scientists confirm that all the predictions of a fiery climate change apocalypse are being realised promptly ahead of schedule! And you can thank the fossil fuel industry and years of political inaction for that one. But there is hope. Cop a listen to find out how we can burn down the system and save our future.Generation Anxietyyes40:031116. What’s Neoliberalism Got To Do With It?https://generationanxiety.com/6-whats-neoliberalism-got-to-do-with-it/
Tue, 02 May 2017 04:17:01 +0000http://generationanxiety.com/?p=103https://generationanxiety.com/6-whats-neoliberalism-got-to-do-with-it/#respondhttps://generationanxiety.com/6-whats-neoliberalism-got-to-do-with-it/feed/0It doesn’t seem to matter what the topic is, every time we talk about the issues facing young people today one word keeps popping up: neoliberalism. It appears to be at the root of so many issues facing this generation of young people, but do we even know what it is?It doesn’t seem to matter what the topic is, every time we talk about the issues facing young people today one word keeps popping up: neoliberalism. It appears to be at the root of so many issues facing this generation of young people, but do we even know what it is?

To help us understand neoliberalism we are joined by Amanda Cahill, one of Australia’s leading thinkers on economic development and founder of the Centre for Social Change. Amanda helps us understand what neoliberalism is, where it comes from and where we can go from here.

If you liked this episode please leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe wherever you get you podcasts. You can find previous episodes at generationaxniety.com

]]>It doesn’t seem to matter what the topic is, every time we talk about the issues facing young people today one word keeps popping up: neoliberalism. It appears to be at the root of so many issues facing this generation of young people,It doesn’t seem to matter what the topic is, every time we talk about the issues facing young people today one word keeps popping up: neoliberalism. It appears to be at the root of so many issues facing this generation of young people, but do we even know what it is?Generation Anxietyyes40:581035. The Rent is Too Damn Highhttps://generationanxiety.com/5-the-rent-is-too-damn-high/
Wed, 19 Apr 2017 02:31:05 +0000http://generationanxiety.com/?p=99https://generationanxiety.com/5-the-rent-is-too-damn-high/#respondhttps://generationanxiety.com/5-the-rent-is-too-damn-high/feed/0With the news that the rent-bidding "Rentberry" is coming to Australia promising to push already sky-high rents even higher, we are joined by Yaelle Caspi from the Tenants Union of Victoria to take a look at what that could mean for young renters.Housing is at the intersection of security, stability and community: all things we know are vital to mental wellbeing, but the housing market in Australia is stacked against tenants and first home-buyers. With the news that the rent-bidding “Rentberry” is coming to Australia promising to push already sky-high rents even higher, we are joined by Yaelle Caspi from the Tenants Union of Victoria to take a look at what that could mean for young renters. We find out why housing is the number one worry for young Australians and what we can do to fix it.

]]>With the news that the rent-bidding "Rentberry" is coming to Australia promising to push already sky-high rents even higher, we are joined by Yaelle Caspi from the Tenants Union of Victoria to take a look at what that could mean for young renters.With the news that the rent-bidding "Rentberry" is coming to Australia promising to push already sky-high rents even higher, we are joined by Yaelle Caspi from the Tenants Union of Victoria to take a look at what that could mean for young renters.Generation Anxietyyes38:00994. Where Did Worker’s Rights Go?https://generationanxiety.com/4-where-did-workers-rights-go/
Fri, 07 Apr 2017 06:10:26 +0000http://generationanxiety.com/?p=92https://generationanxiety.com/4-where-did-workers-rights-go/#respondhttps://generationanxiety.com/4-where-did-workers-rights-go/feed/0It seems that our rights at work are being eroded from every direction and it's enough to cause a bit of anxiety. We talk to Harriet Leadbetter from the Victorian Trades Hall Council about why work shit employers and bad work makes young people anxious and how organisations like the Young Workers Centre are empowering youth to fight back.Is your manager justified in asking you to work for nothing but pizza? At a Coles in WA a few weeks ago, one manager asked for four hours of unpaid labour just weeks after penalty rates had been cut. It seems that our rights at work are being eroded from every direction and it’s enough to cause a bit of anxiety.

]]>It seems that our rights at work are being eroded from every direction and it's enough to cause a bit of anxiety. We talk to Harriet Leadbetter from the Victorian Trades Hall Council about why work shit employers and bad work makes young people anxious...It seems that our rights at work are being eroded from every direction and it's enough to cause a bit of anxiety. We talk to Harriet Leadbetter from the Victorian Trades Hall Council about why work shit employers and bad work makes young people anxious and how organisations like the Young Workers Centre are empowering youth to fight back.Generation Anxietyyes32:33923: Information Security Anxietyhttps://generationanxiety.com/3-information-security-anxiety/
Fri, 17 Mar 2017 04:03:15 +0000http://generationanxiety.com/?p=86https://generationanxiety.com/3-information-security-anxiety/#respondhttps://generationanxiety.com/3-information-security-anxiety/feed/0With our lives being lived online more than ever before we are creating more sensitive data about ourselves and our lives than we realise. In this episode we look at just how much personal data we are creating, who could be using it and what this environment of omnipresent surveillance is doing to our relationships and our wellbeing.With our lives being lived online more than ever before we are creating more sensitive data about ourselves and our lives than we realise. In this episode we are joined by Carla*, a forensic technology expert, to look at just how much personal data we are creating, who could be using it and what this environment of omnipresent surveillance is doing to our relationships and our wellbeing.

]]>With our lives being lived online more than ever before we are creating more sensitive data about ourselves and our lives than we realise. In this episode we look at just how much personal data we are creating,With our lives being lived online more than ever before we are creating more sensitive data about ourselves and our lives than we realise. In this episode we look at just how much personal data we are creating, who could be using it and what this environment of omnipresent surveillance is doing to our relationships and our wellbeing.Generation Anxietyyes48:3886